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was ticking toward increased interest rates president obama please with congress to stop student interest rates from rising and time to act is running out but is now really the time for a partisan politics to override america's future generations there may be as many as thirty thousand drones flying in u.s. skies twenty twenty which is a huge number basically you know one every town searching for a booming business to invest in just look up drone programs are flying high and so are the profits of the companies making them we'll take you to california the land of the silver screen and now surveillance for eons. it's thursday june twenty first seven pm here in washington d.c. i'm liz wall and you're watching r t. well he is the world's most famous whistleblower and he's seeking asylum now at the ecuadorian embassy it's another twist in the case of wiki leaks founder julian assange that has captured international attention and a last ditch effort to prevent extradition to sweden a songe now waits to hear if ecuador will grant him asylum he hasn't been charged for anything yet but the ultimat
was ticking toward increased interest rates president obama please with congress to stop student interest rates from rising and time to act is running out but is now really the time for a partisan politics to override america's future generations there may be as many as thirty thousand drones flying in u.s. skies twenty twenty which is a huge number basically you know one every town searching for a booming business to invest in just look up drone programs are flying high and so are the profits...
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they are open to higher revenues but not necessarily higher tax rates but obama does not want to have that are given. he believes in punitive liberalism to tax the rich. people will have to move off of that if there will be in a move on the republican side to. >> do you want to respond? >> i could give a fairly robust response to that. including that the elected government other than entitlements which have been supported by both, that spending has gone down. you have seen a willingness. you can say is a cynical move when a president says he is a part of a plan that makes dramatic cuts in most of government including medicare, so security, and medicare which is what the gang of six plan endorsed by tom -- by tom coburn and others did, you will have a hard time backing away from that and you have laid down a marker that is different from what republicans other than john boehner have laid down. as soon as they got to a dime of revenues in negotiations, eric cantor walked out admitted clear there would not be any negotiation over that period we are now dealing with a world in which there
they are open to higher revenues but not necessarily higher tax rates but obama does not want to have that are given. he believes in punitive liberalism to tax the rich. people will have to move off of that if there will be in a move on the republican side to. >> do you want to respond? >> i could give a fairly robust response to that. including that the elected government other than entitlements which have been supported by both, that spending has gone down. you have seen a...
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president obama is reelected. we have a big train wreck about to happen on january 1st if there is no deficit reduction its automatic cuts on domestic and defense and taxes back to the old rates will and back on social security. so, this is a critical vote. and here i would hope president obama would take a page out of lyndon johnson's playbook. i think the president and his staff could identify the 20, 25, who knows, maybe even 30 republicans and house who have temperament, education, background, know that when they are doing the wrong thing to be supporting the tea party. and then i would, if i were the president know more about those 30 people than their mothers. [laughter] that i would know who they seek advice and how many brothers they have. i would know what they do on their vacations. i would no who their first grade teacher was. i would know who the big businesses were in their community and who their chief fund-raisers are. and i would call them in one by one to the white house to give them a lunch, drin
president obama is reelected. we have a big train wreck about to happen on january 1st if there is no deficit reduction its automatic cuts on domestic and defense and taxes back to the old rates will and back on social security. so, this is a critical vote. and here i would hope president obama would take a page out of lyndon johnson's playbook. i think the president and his staff could identify the 20, 25, who knows, maybe even 30 republicans and house who have temperament, education,...
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because after all he gets all of his information from rating the new york times and in the new york times there's paul krugman and paul krugman is an academic who believes the multiplier effect of money even though makes absolutely no economic or academic or logical sense and he had bit of a dust up with paul recently i think basically had a bit of a debate he is continuing to be interviewed and outlets around the world as you are to steve king but how does paul krugman survive his his ideology which is clearly completely corrupt. well because he's lives and little fantasy world of people who use google light and call it theory but then there's a circle school of economics is actually one of the most radical. but they say they've got receipt of armchair notion use it and i'm sure in your imagine what world. without actually going in check and saying with your imagination actually match reality and then you go to sort of model him once he starts from this idea that winning is a bit like you know statins a bit down on his luck the ghost which might max carson bars a million dollars an
because after all he gets all of his information from rating the new york times and in the new york times there's paul krugman and paul krugman is an academic who believes the multiplier effect of money even though makes absolutely no economic or academic or logical sense and he had bit of a dust up with paul recently i think basically had a bit of a debate he is continuing to be interviewed and outlets around the world as you are to steve king but how does paul krugman survive his his ideology...
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president obama's approval rating is up just slightly but it is up. over a month ago just a few points on the economy and overall. overall he's now at 50%, which is his best since march. lynn? >>> tracie pots there for us in washington. tracie, thanks so much. >>> it is back to school for students in chicago today. after a seven-day strike union teachers represents voted to accept the latest contract proposal and present it to the full membership for a final vote. nbc's jay gray has that story. >> reporter: after seven days of picketing and protests. >> teachers united for better schools. >> reporter: stalled negotiations, parents stretched to their limits, and classrooms sitting empty, students and teachers will get back to work wednesday morning in chicago. >> this is the time. this was the place. this was the right thing to do. >> reporter: the chicago teachers board of delegates agreed to accept a proposal tuesday evening. the rank and file close to 35,000 teachers plus approved the deal. that's expected to happen in the next couple of weeks. >> w
president obama's approval rating is up just slightly but it is up. over a month ago just a few points on the economy and overall. overall he's now at 50%, which is his best since march. lynn? >>> tracie pots there for us in washington. tracie, thanks so much. >>> it is back to school for students in chicago today. after a seven-day strike union teachers represents voted to accept the latest contract proposal and present it to the full membership for a final vote. nbc's jay...
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obama's approval rating fell down quickly in 2009 and great midterm election in 2010 and the initial sort of signs, you know really kind obehavior and their unwillingness to reckon with new american majority coalition of the senate is the term that ron brownstein is always using and last night you really saw what that majority can do when it's kind of activated. latinos, african-americans, it's growing asian population. it's women, college educated women. it's gays it is people that know gays and know gay people in the family or friends and maybe 10 or 20 years ago who didn't and don't like the tone of the republican party on that. i think the great open question right now is how the republican party responds to this. i think anybody that says they know it's way to sure, it's possible to retrench further but parties can move and can be a little more nimble than we appreciate and it's true. it wasn't that long ago that republicans doing well with latinos. it could be a messy and ugly process but it's going to be the story to watch in the days weeks, months and years ahead. >> i think
obama's approval rating fell down quickly in 2009 and great midterm election in 2010 and the initial sort of signs, you know really kind obehavior and their unwillingness to reckon with new american majority coalition of the senate is the term that ron brownstein is always using and last night you really saw what that majority can do when it's kind of activated. latinos, african-americans, it's growing asian population. it's women, college educated women. it's gays it is people that know gays...
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i suspect boehner and others have said they're open to higher revenues, not necessarily higher tax rates, the old supply side argument but obama really wants to tax the rich whether it's economically efficient or pro-growth or not and that's going to be people have to move off of that if there's going to be any move on the republican side. >> to get one response? >> i could give a fairly robust response to that, including that basically if you look at most of government other than entitlements which have been supported by both, that spending has gone down but the more important point is you've seen a willingness. you can say it's a cynical move by supporting something. when a president says that he is supportive of a plan that makes dramatic cuts in most of government, including medicare, social security, and medicaid, which is what the gang of six plan endorsed by tom coburn, saxby chambliss, lamar alexander and mike crepo and others have, you'll have a hard time backing away from that and that's a different marker other than republicans like john boehner have laid down. as soon as they
i suspect boehner and others have said they're open to higher revenues, not necessarily higher tax rates, the old supply side argument but obama really wants to tax the rich whether it's economically efficient or pro-growth or not and that's going to be people have to move off of that if there's going to be any move on the republican side. >> to get one response? >> i could give a fairly robust response to that, including that basically if you look at most of government other than...
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from the congressional budget office which were from two thousand and nine the average federal tax rate for all households in the nation was just seventeen point four percent it should be noted the core billionaire mitt romney pays less than that average the low seventeen point four percent rate is well below the thirty year average of twenty one percent and well below what was paid under george w. bush in two thousand and three which was nineteen percent nineteen point four percent to be exact so the question is why are republicans who hate paying taxes lining up to salute and support president obama whose cut their taxes again and again so much so that they're now at a thirty year low that's asked that question to david silly conservative commentator and pro-business advocate david welcome back. thanks for having me thomas always it's a pleasure so why do you hate tax cuts david. ok first and foremost the average taxpaying american is overpaying present like but i want to tell you how skewed these numbers are. excuse me the i beg your pardon it's quite a these numbers are yes these nu
from the congressional budget office which were from two thousand and nine the average federal tax rate for all households in the nation was just seventeen point four percent it should be noted the core billionaire mitt romney pays less than that average the low seventeen point four percent rate is well below the thirty year average of twenty one percent and well below what was paid under george w. bush in two thousand and three which was nineteen percent nineteen point four percent to be exact...
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3%, but the difference is the obama plan allows so -- allows for rates to rise. business leaders understand the need for more revenue. fix the dead -- when the key principles is more revenue -- , one of the key principles is more revenue. whether this support letting rates rise, or the simpson-bowles planned in getting -- and in giving away tax expenditures, it depends on the nature of their business, but they generally agree that they need new revenue and it needs to be offset with income reforms and that we need to get going. we cannot make it harder for ourselves by going over the cliff. host: spending needs to be on the table? guest: s, and i go back to simpson-bowles. if you look at the february budget presented by the president, and the march plan presented by chairman brian, the big driver of the difference is defense spending. when business leaders come to washington, they're more likely to defer to washington and defense issues and are much more skeptical about discretionary spending. using the numbers from a dealer and much -- march, they are about 25%
3%, but the difference is the obama plan allows so -- allows for rates to rise. business leaders understand the need for more revenue. fix the dead -- when the key principles is more revenue -- , one of the key principles is more revenue. whether this support letting rates rise, or the simpson-bowles planned in getting -- and in giving away tax expenditures, it depends on the nature of their business, but they generally agree that they need new revenue and it needs to be offset with income...
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has raised the corporate tax rate even though he hasn't romney's lied about obamacare calling it a federal takeover of everyone's health care that's not true even political that a pants on fire lie romney's live that president obama has made the recession worse when in reality is this chart shows the president has recouped every single private sector job wiped out the first few months of his administration by the bush great recession ronnie's lied about president obama's foreign policy claiming the president has made a habit of appeasing our enemies osama bin ladin would tell you that's a lie as well as all the other top al qaeda commanders that have been captured or killed under president obama's watch romney's lied same president obama's energy policies are leading the high gas prices despite the fact that domestic drilling for oil has gone up each year under president obama and the number of oil rigs operating around the nation is reached record highs romney lied about medicare saying this. three and a half years later he has failed to enact or even propose a serious plan to solve the i
has raised the corporate tax rate even though he hasn't romney's lied about obamacare calling it a federal takeover of everyone's health care that's not true even political that a pants on fire lie romney's live that president obama has made the recession worse when in reality is this chart shows the president has recouped every single private sector job wiped out the first few months of his administration by the bush great recession ronnie's lied about president obama's foreign policy claiming...
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their approval rating is in the tank. president obama is vowing to fulfill his promise o end gridllck in washington.obama says: "...you want cooperation. you want action. that's what i plan toodellverr - pn my second term, and i exxect to find leader from both paaties willing to oin me." but the election results, are producing a bit -3 of 'bbltway deja vu...'thee balance of power remainn the 3 wwiteehouse and senate..and republicans in charge of the house.many in connress will not be coming back ii the 113th congress. eighty-ssx lawmakers are retiring, lost or ran for aa iifeeent office. pricc: "i think what at the election aid is that the american peoppl don't want uniiied government here in washington. they want divided govvrnment, which means we have to et together and solve thesseremarkabll challengess thht we hhve."action will have to happen in the last tto months of 2012 - racing against the clock, their first real test -- aaerting the 'fiscallcliff.'hundreds of billions offdollarssof ttx increases and spending cuts
their approval rating is in the tank. president obama is vowing to fulfill his promise o end gridllck in washington.obama says: "...you want cooperation. you want action. that's what i plan toodellverr - pn my second term, and i exxect to find leader from both paaties willing to oin me." but the election results, are producing a bit -3 of 'bbltway deja vu...'thee balance of power remainn the 3 wwiteehouse and senate..and republicans in charge of the house.many in connress will not be...
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for losing america, it's aaa credit rating for the first time in its history, and that president obama was, in his words, an amateur. now, i spoke to two people who were at that meeting, and when i heard that, i said "the amateur," that's the perfect title for the took. >> president clinton denied publicly he used that term. >> an interesting story. he's denied, but hillary clinton told her friends that she suspected that of all people, chelsea told me about this. now, that's not true. i've never melt -- met her, but apparently she has a reputation for texts friends. in the middle of meetings with her parents, but the meeting did take place, and it was an accurate representation of what went on in the meeting. >> you talk about chelsea's reaction to the campaign in 2008. >> chelsea, like bill, her father, and they are close, felt that the democratic nomination was stolen from her mother and she deserved the candidacy, and not obama, and that the obamas had unfairly characterized her father, bill clinton, as a racist during the campaign, and he played unfair with him so she reallimented
for losing america, it's aaa credit rating for the first time in its history, and that president obama was, in his words, an amateur. now, i spoke to two people who were at that meeting, and when i heard that, i said "the amateur," that's the perfect title for the took. >> president clinton denied publicly he used that term. >> an interesting story. he's denied, but hillary clinton told her friends that she suspected that of all people, chelsea told me about this. now,...
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this week, president obama traveled to three battleground states and attacked republicans for failing to introduce legislation to stop the increase. >> we can't make higher education a luxury. it's an economic imperative. every american family should be able to afford it. >> reporter: house republicans have set a vote today on a gop bill that would keep interest rates intact for another year. republicans want to pay for it by cutting spending from the president's health care law. speaker john boehner accuses president obama of using taxpayer money to launch his election year attack. >> frankly, i think this is beneath the dignity of the white house. and his campaign ought to be reimbursing the treasury for the cost of this trip. >> reporter: senate democrats have a different idea for how to keep interest rates the same. they want to raise taxes on the wealthy and erase subsidies to oil and gas companies. while washington dukes it out, students are watching closely. >> i do 100%. yeah. pretty much, i'm funding it entirely through federal loans. >> people who graduated with an education
this week, president obama traveled to three battleground states and attacked republicans for failing to introduce legislation to stop the increase. >> we can't make higher education a luxury. it's an economic imperative. every american family should be able to afford it. >> reporter: house republicans have set a vote today on a gop bill that would keep interest rates intact for another year. republicans want to pay for it by cutting spending from the president's health care law....
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ascribed its two -- it to the legitimacy of the courts and not whether it is going to help president obama or romney. leaving that aside, what bothers me most is that the court rewrote the statute. this opinion in the rates and protect the separation of powers, -- this opinion in invigorates and protect the separation of powers. i do not think any serious student of the law would say that is constitutional. the court rewrote the individual mandate. congress said it is not a tax. you do not need to call it what it is. he did not need to label it. it is jarrng to transform an -- jarring to transform it into a tax. that is not the way it is supposed to work. the court wrote the medicaid section. the court said you could not have compulsion. the other way you can do it is the greek way. you can popularize states. the court rewrote the section to give states a choice. that is not how it is written. at the tactical level, it is jarring. in the long run, the basic contours of this opinion are going to be imported. justice ginsburg's dissent is quite vitriolic to underscore for you y i am drawing
ascribed its two -- it to the legitimacy of the courts and not whether it is going to help president obama or romney. leaving that aside, what bothers me most is that the court rewrote the statute. this opinion in the rates and protect the separation of powers, -- this opinion in invigorates and protect the separation of powers. i do not think any serious student of the law would say that is constitutional. the court rewrote the individual mandate. congress said it is not a tax. you do not need...
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president obama is saying the tax code that individual small businesses pay goes up to 45. we will lose jobs if we go down that path. we're saying get rid of those tax shelters. the interest group loopholes and lower everybody's tax you'll get more of their income subject to taxation but to a simpler and fairer system. there is a bipartisan consensus that this is the best way to go. unfortunately the president is proposing the opposite. >> you also include changes to medicare and cuts in medicaid. $810 billion in cuts to medicaid. how can you guarantee people that you're not giving tax cuts to the wealthiest and taking away aid to the poor? >> because we want economic growth and job creation. a tax code is stifling job creation. we propose in medicaid is let the governors and the states, give them the flexibility to customize medicaid to meet the unique needs of their populations. in wisconsin our medicaid population is different than in new york. >> you don't deny that you're cutting $810 from medicaid. >> $810 billion in savings. we still grow medicaid each and every year
president obama is saying the tax code that individual small businesses pay goes up to 45. we will lose jobs if we go down that path. we're saying get rid of those tax shelters. the interest group loopholes and lower everybody's tax you'll get more of their income subject to taxation but to a simpler and fairer system. there is a bipartisan consensus that this is the best way to go. unfortunately the president is proposing the opposite. >> you also include changes to medicare and cuts in...
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has a fifty four percent approval rating that's higher than president obama's fifty three percent rating republican presidential candidate mitt romney's forty percent approval rating and congress's decimal sixteen percent approval rating so why does the t.s.a. continue to have higher polling numbers than the presidential nominees in nearly four times the approval rating of congress to discuss this and more enemies to benefit associate litigation counsel for epic joins us now amy welcome so. were you surprised by this poll a little bit i think what we're getting out of this poll are two things the first one is people approve more of the t.s.a. i think this is a positive thing it means t.s.a. is being trained better people aren't having as many run ins there aren't as many of these egregious actions taking place that we had seen previously if that number's down that's good for airline travelers however i think the other thing that we're seeing is that a majority of people are finding the t.s.a. effective and since the documents prove that they are in fact not infected that the technology t
has a fifty four percent approval rating that's higher than president obama's fifty three percent rating republican presidential candidate mitt romney's forty percent approval rating and congress's decimal sixteen percent approval rating so why does the t.s.a. continue to have higher polling numbers than the presidential nominees in nearly four times the approval rating of congress to discuss this and more enemies to benefit associate litigation counsel for epic joins us now amy welcome so....
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what's obama doing with this first offer, do you think? >> i'm not exactly sure because i don't understand the economic rationale behind it. look at the world that we are in. it is a 2% u.s. growth rate. it is not the 3% we are historically used to. look what's going on in europe. look what's going on in asia, the slowdown there. look at the context at which we want to take money out of the private sector. taxes by definition is contractionary. >> for a while i wondered in first term figured look, the president sooner or later will realize he needs jobs to get re-elected so will come onboard with pro-growth stuff and jobs he was able to, you know, to be re-elected at 7.9%. now you want a legacy that shows that you had a good economy and that you got the jobless rate down. so you are going -- i'm -- maybe there's just a disconnect between whether people that work for him really understand what generates economic growth and jobs and what doesn't. and -- i mean, we will transform society in a way that maybe is more positive for him, obama car
what's obama doing with this first offer, do you think? >> i'm not exactly sure because i don't understand the economic rationale behind it. look at the world that we are in. it is a 2% u.s. growth rate. it is not the 3% we are historically used to. look what's going on in europe. look what's going on in asia, the slowdown there. look at the context at which we want to take money out of the private sector. taxes by definition is contractionary. >> for a while i wondered in first...
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lower tax rate. good for economic growth. but it's not president obama or harry reid. they want more loopholes to kill growth. >> bret: democrats cite and the president used in speeches that the cbo and medicare actuary say medicare is going broke and will become insolvent in 2016 under your plan with obamacare repealed. but 2024 under president obama's. is that true? what is the solution to that? >> no. the same experts also say you can't spend the same dollar twice. you can't take it from medicare and spend it on obamacare and then pretend to deep it in medicare. you can't have it both ways and the president is being hypocritical on this. we're saying to leave medy care intact today. we'll borrow money but we can do that if we put reforms in place for the next generation to guarantee it's sustainable and solvent for them. what we are saying is very, very clear. don't change medicare benefit for people in or near retirement. but to guarantee promise of medicare for current retirees and those about to retire we need to reform it for your generation a my generation, bre
lower tax rate. good for economic growth. but it's not president obama or harry reid. they want more loopholes to kill growth. >> bret: democrats cite and the president used in speeches that the cbo and medicare actuary say medicare is going broke and will become insolvent in 2016 under your plan with obamacare repealed. but 2024 under president obama's. is that true? what is the solution to that? >> no. the same experts also say you can't spend the same dollar twice. you can't take...
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and the president obama from the unemployment rate in latinas as a, higher than the national rate by 12%. 20% increase in hispanic who are on food stamps. all of these things, and he promised he thinks of immigration. the argument he was trying to do -- it was a good idea, but is trying to convert notes for the question is for now. in the hispanic community, they are not enthusiastic because of the economy because they are on the frontlines of paying the price in young people for these policies he is being specific, but for goodness sakes, it's about time. cheryl: rich, you're making a face. >> he is right. if you believe the polls, latino voters care about the economy, much more than they do about immigration. the top issue for everyone else is a top issue for them. just important for rummy to address that. it's important for him to get into some details and specifics. people on the outside of his campaign wish you well have been tearing their hair out for weeks and months. wanting this to happen. it's not just enough to say that i am not barack obama. the polls indicate that people
and the president obama from the unemployment rate in latinas as a, higher than the national rate by 12%. 20% increase in hispanic who are on food stamps. all of these things, and he promised he thinks of immigration. the argument he was trying to do -- it was a good idea, but is trying to convert notes for the question is for now. in the hispanic community, they are not enthusiastic because of the economy because they are on the frontlines of paying the price in young people for these policies...
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president is going to propose tonight that people like mitt romney should pay at least the same tax rates and barack obama there should have easily was the designer to let's not forget he was first found himself should pay a least the same taxes that their secretaries paid that their janitors pay that working people pay and with that i got to thank you both richard bryant it's been a great conversation brendan richard follow it thank you very much. it's the good the bad of the very very. slowly arguably the good chicago resident ryan garcia garcia a thirty year old sales rep from chicago has made a very unusual new year's resolution to a random act of kindness each day this year the inspiration for this unique and heartwarming resolution comes from garcia's newborn daughter we hope to influence him to be an excellent role model for already garcia has sent letters to soldiers in afghanistan raised awareness for cancer and bought distributed dozens of pairs of socks and gloves to homeless residents of chicago is even set up a website where people can comment on his mission as well as sugges
president is going to propose tonight that people like mitt romney should pay at least the same tax rates and barack obama there should have easily was the designer to let's not forget he was first found himself should pay a least the same taxes that their secretaries paid that their janitors pay that working people pay and with that i got to thank you both richard bryant it's been a great conversation brendan richard follow it thank you very much. it's the good the bad of the very very. slowly...
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. >> latinos have a high unemployment rate. their wages aren't going up. they are having a harder time finding a job. so, you know, it's the economy, stupid. a lot of hispanic voters who voted for barack obama four years ago might switch their vote this time around. >> the white house says deportation order was matter of prioritizing resources. but the timing of the order after three-and-a-half years in office and this close to the election suggests otherwise. john? >> john: wendell goler at the white house. thanks. another aboutface from the romney campaign today. in contrast to a senior advisor earlier this week. mitt romney himself said that the president's individual healthcare mandate is a tax. shows that the president has broke an promise not to raise taxes on the middle class. >> i said i agreed with the dissent. the dissent made it clear that they felt it was unconstitutional. it's in the minority. so now the supreme court has spoken. wile i agreed with the dissent, that is taken over by the fact that the majority of the courts said it's a tax. the
. >> latinos have a high unemployment rate. their wages aren't going up. they are having a harder time finding a job. so, you know, it's the economy, stupid. a lot of hispanic voters who voted for barack obama four years ago might switch their vote this time around. >> the white house says deportation order was matter of prioritizing resources. but the timing of the order after three-and-a-half years in office and this close to the election suggests otherwise. john? >> john:...
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on the issue of rating medicare, winner for republicans and one reason that obama has not spoken about obamacare. it's way down in the polls. by injecting it, it really puts in terms of substance the democrats on the defensive. >> bret: fe, and we will go down in to this a little bit. if the obama campaign is going to fight in to the weeds on medicare, one of the things that they talk about is the solvency of medicare if obamacare is repealed in its entirety. then the solvency instead of ending, running out of money in 2024, currently stated by the medicare actuary, it runs out of money in 2016. if obama care is repealed. as romney wants to do. so, romney has to come up with something to change things. so another reform. premium support. something would have to be in place, steve. to extend the life of medicar medicare. romney would have to get pretty specific that he, perhaps he hand gotten as specific as paul ryan did in his budget. >> he hasn't. but let's be clear about that. he has been far more specific about the long-term structural reform to medicare than president obama has. i
on the issue of rating medicare, winner for republicans and one reason that obama has not spoken about obamacare. it's way down in the polls. by injecting it, it really puts in terms of substance the democrats on the defensive. >> bret: fe, and we will go down in to this a little bit. if the obama campaign is going to fight in to the weeds on medicare, one of the things that they talk about is the solvency of medicare if obamacare is repealed in its entirety. then the solvency instead of...
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you do not go in the situation room unless you have the highest classified rating. someone with in that situation room who is associated with the national security council obviously is quoting the president. they quoted what happened. senior officials were quoted time and again. the security adviser is quoted as having a covert action program. we cannot even confirm whether these exist. you have the national security adviser talking about a covert program. three dozen current and former administration officials were interviewed. david axelrod who's not part of the national security team was apparently in the situation room on a number of locations. this is a political adviser to the president. lastly, at the deputy national security advisor goes on "good morning america" and says "we had the device under control." this is all classified information. yet we have both in the white house going on television and talking about it. while these are part of news stories, and these are direct accutions toward the white house with respect toward the source of the leaks. these
you do not go in the situation room unless you have the highest classified rating. someone with in that situation room who is associated with the national security council obviously is quoting the president. they quoted what happened. senior officials were quoted time and again. the security adviser is quoted as having a covert action program. we cannot even confirm whether these exist. you have the national security adviser talking about a covert program. three dozen current and former...
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if the labor force participation rate were the same as it was when president obama took office, then the unemployment rate would be 11 percent today. we are heading toward a "new normal" of european unemployment levels because the administration's ideas for job growth have failed. we will never accept that here in america and we don't need to. the reforms we will put in place next year will make our economy the engine of job creation it was in the 1980s, giving millions of workers who had given up hope for a job a new shot at success. the principles and proposals i have been describing today are not exclusive to one political party. the patient-centered medicare reforms we advanced in the house this year have a long history of bipartisan support. and tax reforms based on lowering rates and closing loopholes go back to president reagan's 1986 reform, when democrats served as the congressional co-sponsors of the landmark law. it makes sense that these ideas have attracted leaders in both parties. patient-centered medicare offers the only guarantee that medicare can keep its promise to
if the labor force participation rate were the same as it was when president obama took office, then the unemployment rate would be 11 percent today. we are heading toward a "new normal" of european unemployment levels because the administration's ideas for job growth have failed. we will never accept that here in america and we don't need to. the reforms we will put in place next year will make our economy the engine of job creation it was in the 1980s, giving millions of workers who...
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mean as we just pointed out they have a higher approval rating president obama than you know role in presidential candidate mitt romney a much higher approval rating than congress so i mean with based on what you just said they're not actually that effective so what do you think is going on here if we look at these numbers are the american people missing something well i think again like i said to begin with the number one thing that is driving these numbers up is better training t.s.a. is actually something that travelers deal with on a day to day basis most of the american public do not have one on one interactions with president obama or members of congress they do however get to go to the airport and have a. face to face with members of the t.s.a. and as long as they're trained as long as they're not groping people or needlessly . harassing them we have stacks and stacks of complaints from people since the t.s.a. first instigated these screening technologies the screening procedures of people complaining as long as those numbers are down we can understand that t.s.a. is a proto w
mean as we just pointed out they have a higher approval rating president obama than you know role in presidential candidate mitt romney a much higher approval rating than congress so i mean with based on what you just said they're not actually that effective so what do you think is going on here if we look at these numbers are the american people missing something well i think again like i said to begin with the number one thing that is driving these numbers up is better training t.s.a. is...
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president obama israel acted. we had this big train wreck about to happen on january 1 if there's no deficit reduction on defense and the taxes back to the old rate and the taxes back up on social security. so this is a critical vote. and here, i would a president obama would take a page out of lyndon johnson's playbook. i think the president and his staff could identify the 20, 25, and maybe even 30 republicans in the house by temperament, education, background, know that they are doing the wrong thing to be supporting the tea party. and then, i would, if i were the president, certainly in my staff know more about those people than their mothers. [laughter] i would know who they seek advice from. i would know how many prisoners they had. i would know what they do on their vacations. i would know who their first grade teacher was. i would know who the big his misses were in their community. i would know who their chief fundraisers are. and i would call them in one by one, those 30 to the white house. give them lun
president obama israel acted. we had this big train wreck about to happen on january 1 if there's no deficit reduction on defense and the taxes back to the old rate and the taxes back up on social security. so this is a critical vote. and here, i would a president obama would take a page out of lyndon johnson's playbook. i think the president and his staff could identify the 20, 25, and maybe even 30 republicans in the house by temperament, education, background, know that they are doing the...
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there stating that it has dropped to its lowest since president obama started. we will bring you each canada's response. >> the unemployment rate was down three tenths below the 8% market. is this good news? it just depends on who you ask. >> and he is right especially in an election year that one number has a big impact. >> this morning we found that the unemployment rate has fallen. the president stated that there is more work needed to help middle- class families. he stated that this is why he is running for reelection. this is not an excuse to talk down the economy. mitt romney told people that we can do better and that we do not have to stay on the path that we have been on. riming pointed out that the unemployment rate does look like people have stopped looking for work. if the same share people were looking for work like on the day that the president got elected than the rate would be at 11%. a lot of people lost their jobs during the recession and that millions of jobs are still needed to go. it will take more than 32 days to get this under control. kitc
there stating that it has dropped to its lowest since president obama started. we will bring you each canada's response. >> the unemployment rate was down three tenths below the 8% market. is this good news? it just depends on who you ask. >> and he is right especially in an election year that one number has a big impact. >> this morning we found that the unemployment rate has fallen. the president stated that there is more work needed to help middle- class families. he stated...
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student loan rates low for another year. mr. obama plans to speak to students and parents at a northern virginia high school later today. cabinet members will make their case across the country next week, ahead of that senate vote, which also will take place next week. >>> now, to the john edwards trial, where one of his former top aides provided dramatic, new details about rielle hunter. john david said he was shocked when hunter knocked on his hotel room door and told him, she and the senator were very much in love. david said the next morning, edwards called to say he and hunter were not having an affair and that she was crazy. jurors also heard from an interior designer who helped to secretly funnel money to edwards' campaign. >>> the widow of a man who released dozens of exotic animals in ohio last fall will be reunited today with t surv surviving animals. marian thompson is getting two leopards, two primates and a bear from the columbus zoo. the animals were taken to the zoo after her husband set them free and killed h
student loan rates low for another year. mr. obama plans to speak to students and parents at a northern virginia high school later today. cabinet members will make their case across the country next week, ahead of that senate vote, which also will take place next week. >>> now, to the john edwards trial, where one of his former top aides provided dramatic, new details about rielle hunter. john david said he was shocked when hunter knocked on his hotel room door and told him, she and...
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this is a recovery in spite of what obama has done. >> but only a part of this loss of momentum in job creation. these forecasts are lower than the ones we made in january, the reduction in the unemployment rate seems likely to be frustratingly slow. indeed, the forecast now has the unemployment rate at 7% or higher at the end of the 2014. >> wow. 7% or higher at the end of 2014. this, of course, being the middle of 2012. now, here's just one chart from the data point today. you can see how this thing has come way down. this has slowed. it's not as bad as it was with retail sales last night. we show youd three straight declines and it's not as bad as some of the other indexes, but production is slowing down. manufacturing is slowing down. not a good sign. now on inflation, this is very interesting. we are actually witnessing some moderate, mild deflation, which bernanke referred to. let me show you the consumer price index. it was flat the last three months. it's gone from 4%, 5% all the way to negative territory. that is a strong dollar. that is declining energy prices. by the way, th
this is a recovery in spite of what obama has done. >> but only a part of this loss of momentum in job creation. these forecasts are lower than the ones we made in january, the reduction in the unemployment rate seems likely to be frustratingly slow. indeed, the forecast now has the unemployment rate at 7% or higher at the end of the 2014. >> wow. 7% or higher at the end of 2014. this, of course, being the middle of 2012. now, here's just one chart from the data point today. you can...
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them in passing as if yes they're they're working no they're not working ninety eight percent failure rate in the country both talk about sequestration because here one thing that they definitely both agreed with was obama saying don't worry we're going to stay strong on our military we're not going to cut military at all and then nothing new which is like he was in lieu thing and then romney saying we're only not going to cut military we're going to expand it at one hundred thousand troops we're going to expand it to almost. exactly the reasoning behind this is a candidate that obviously has got a can't campaign trail and says time time again the government doesn't create jobs it's that one percent it's the it's the private sector that creates job jobs and essentially his rationale is oh if we cut these you know this will cost us jobs will cost the country to grow. and it's very telling it's telling that all of a sudden he's like oh wait we can then oh no because i. get that are you closing the exact we don't want to do that so essentially he's advocating for a backdoor stimulus which is
them in passing as if yes they're they're working no they're not working ninety eight percent failure rate in the country both talk about sequestration because here one thing that they definitely both agreed with was obama saying don't worry we're going to stay strong on our military we're not going to cut military at all and then nothing new which is like he was in lieu thing and then romney saying we're only not going to cut military we're going to expand it at one hundred thousand troops...
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came out that were a big disappointment to everyone showing anemic job growth and the unemployment rate ticking up to 8.2%. let's have a look. >> good morning. >> reporter: with the debt crisis in europe threatening an already weak economy, president obama defended his record on jobs in a surprise white house press conference. >> we've created 4.3 million jobs over the last 27 months. over 800,000 just this year alone. the private sector is doing fine. >> reporter: that assessment set off a firestorm. republicans, including mitt romney, pounced. >> he said the private sector is doing fine. is he really that out of touch? >> did he see the job numbers that came out last week? the private sector is not doing fine. >> reporter: by midafternoon, mr. obama used an oval office photo-op with the philippine president to clarify his stance. >> the economy is not doing fine. there are too many people out of work. the housing market is still weak and too many homes under water. >> reporter: alex, the way both of these controversies suddenly erupted yesterday, just an end ka indication of this hot
came out that were a big disappointment to everyone showing anemic job growth and the unemployment rate ticking up to 8.2%. let's have a look. >> good morning. >> reporter: with the debt crisis in europe threatening an already weak economy, president obama defended his record on jobs in a surprise white house press conference. >> we've created 4.3 million jobs over the last 27 months. over 800,000 just this year alone. the private sector is doing fine. >> reporter: that...
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still a rate not seen in this country for nearly 20 years. here is what ryan had to say about obama's record on poverty. >> the obama economic agenda failed not because it was stopped, but because it was passed. here is what we got. for long joblessness across the country. 23 million americans struggling to find work. family income in decline. 15% of americans living in poverty. here we are, four years of economic stewardship under advocates of the poor and what do they have to show for it? more people in poverty and less upper mobility wherever you look. >> it's not the first time this election cycle we have seen the right raise the spectrum of the poor. ift's not to offer prescriptions or remedies, a means of playing on middle class fears of losing ground suggesting they could become impover shed. calling president obama is the today stamp president is, in the wake of a devastating financial crisis lost the means to put food on the table for their families, but imply some other is living large while the rest of us struggle. that said, we kn
still a rate not seen in this country for nearly 20 years. here is what ryan had to say about obama's record on poverty. >> the obama economic agenda failed not because it was stopped, but because it was passed. here is what we got. for long joblessness across the country. 23 million americans struggling to find work. family income in decline. 15% of americans living in poverty. here we are, four years of economic stewardship under advocates of the poor and what do they have to show for...
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unfortunately, it's not president obama. he has been on the outside looking in on this fair long time. he's proposing to put a new high tax rate on successful small businesses on top of the current tax code, and add even more complexities will to the tax code-- >> quar saying obamacare, that's what you mean. >> i was talking about the tax he mentioned in his quote that you just played for me. that particular tax increase that he's talking about pays for about 8% of his proposed deficit spending. if you add all of his tax increase, like the obamacare tax you're talking about, they don't even pay for a fifth of his proposed deficit spending. >> the tax policy center has done an analysis, and they say there is no way to pay for the cuts that you've proposed without either increasing the deficit or raising taxes on the middle class because you would have to get rid of deductions and loopholes that benefit the middle class in order to pay for those tax cuts that you're proposing and that increase in defense spending. >> so the go
unfortunately, it's not president obama. he has been on the outside looking in on this fair long time. he's proposing to put a new high tax rate on successful small businesses on top of the current tax code, and add even more complexities will to the tax code-- >> quar saying obamacare, that's what you mean. >> i was talking about the tax he mentioned in his quote that you just played for me. that particular tax increase that he's talking about pays for about 8% of his proposed...
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i give real credit to the obama administration. they have been very good on investments. president obama was the first democrat in 30 years to put out an open investment statement. why? because foreign direct investment in the u.s. creates jobs disporing portion -- disproportioned manufacturing oriented and 50% likely to be unionized. this is capital we should be fighting for. ic we need to a-- i think we need to approach trade in the second obama term with the same degree of confidence to the point michael made. the world is ready to engage with us. they proposalled -- proposed a free trade agreement. pick up on that and go with it. there's a partnership negotiated out in asia, chinese, and now part of the negotiation, but they follow it very, very closely. let's just proceed with confidence because i think people want us to succeed. >> guys, out of the way of conversation, but you mentioned china, thank goodness. john alter, up here earlier, we were in china, and everywhere we went, john would doggedly hound the chinese with what are you going to do if mitt romney wins
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president barack obama lost money on solyndra. hiking taxes on the rich could raise everyone's rates january 1st and trigger huge defense and social service cuts. the fiscal cliff is getting put off until after election day. the farm bill would help with the drought is partially postponed because republicans are pushing for a cut in food stamps. >> they are asking to balance the budget. >> for people outside and not at work, they are astonished by the fact this congress won't do anything and seems content to kick the can down the road. >> reporter: what might get passed before the election? nearly a short term spending bill to keep government going past september 30th. i'm steve handelsman, nbc news, capitol hill. >>> here is the first look at the other news around the country. in nebraska, four masked men armed with an ak .47 took over a minimarket. they dragged a clerk across the floor and forced her to hand over money. they are in and out of the store in 90 seconds. >>> in california, video shows a 70-year-old woman getting car
president barack obama lost money on solyndra. hiking taxes on the rich could raise everyone's rates january 1st and trigger huge defense and social service cuts. the fiscal cliff is getting put off until after election day. the farm bill would help with the drought is partially postponed because republicans are pushing for a cut in food stamps. >> they are asking to balance the budget. >> for people outside and not at work, they are astonished by the fact this congress won't do...
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. >> sue and tyler, i want to make one other point and that is that barack obama and his team have been charging that because of the tax rate cuts that mitt romney wants for people across-the-board, including high income, that he is necessarily going to have to raise taxes by people in the middle. saying 47% of the people are dependent, not responsible, not caring for themselves, he fuels the democratic arguments that, in rate -- [ overlapping speakers ] >> can i jump in with a question for you because i looked at some other numbers from the same tax policy center and it indicates that in the top quintile of american wage earns who bring in 52% of the income in this country, that group pays 83% of the federal income tax. the substance of what mr. romney says, isn't he on to something when he says there's something wrong in denmark here when nearly half of american households pay absolutely nothing to support the operations of the government when and on the other handing the top quintile is paying 80% of that. >> this was like a vulcan mind meld, exactly the point i was going to make, ty
. >> sue and tyler, i want to make one other point and that is that barack obama and his team have been charging that because of the tax rate cuts that mitt romney wants for people across-the-board, including high income, that he is necessarily going to have to raise taxes by people in the middle. saying 47% of the people are dependent, not responsible, not caring for themselves, he fuels the democratic arguments that, in rate -- [ overlapping speakers ] >> can i jump in with a...